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Kika Markham
ActorBorn January 1, 1940 (85 years)
Erika S.L. "Kika" Markham (born 1940) is an English actress.
Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham.
Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, A Very British Coup, Van der Valk, The Line of Beauty, Minder, Cracker, Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Double Clue), Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge and Mr Selfridge. Her films include Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), Futtocks End (1970), François Truffaut's Two English Girls (1971), Operation Daybreak (1975), Noroît (1976), The Blood of Hussain (1980), High Tide (1980), Outland (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), The Innocent (1985), Wonderland (1999), Esther Kahn (2000), Killing Me Softly (2002) and Franklyn (2008).
Markham married actor Corin Redgrave in Wandsworth, London, in 1985. The couple have two sons, Harvey (b. 1979) and Arden (b. 1983).
Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution (2000) as a judge and barrister, respectively; and later in the BBC's Waking The Dead (episode "Special Relationship: Part 1") as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor. They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of Noël Coward's A Song at Twilight, along with sister-in-law Vanessa Redgrave. Her sisters are the actress Petra Markham; the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack; and Sonia.[citation needed] In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Grace Wilson.
Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.
Markham is a daughter of actor David Markham and writer Olive Dehn (1914–2007). She has three sisters: Petra, Sonia and Jehane Markham.
Markham has had a long career in the cinema, television and theatre as an actress. Among her television appearances are roles in Edward & Mrs. Simpson, The Life and Times of David Lloyd George, A Very British Coup, Van der Valk, The Line of Beauty, Minder, Cracker, Agatha Christie's Poirot (The Double Clue), Sherlock Holmes' Wisteria Lodge and Mr Selfridge. Her films include Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965), Futtocks End (1970), François Truffaut's Two English Girls (1971), Operation Daybreak (1975), Noroît (1976), The Blood of Hussain (1980), High Tide (1980), Outland (1981, as Sean Connery's wife), The Innocent (1985), Wonderland (1999), Esther Kahn (2000), Killing Me Softly (2002) and Franklyn (2008).
Markham married actor Corin Redgrave in Wandsworth, London, in 1985. The couple have two sons, Harvey (b. 1979) and Arden (b. 1983).
Markham and Redgrave appeared together twice on screen: first in Lynda La Plante's Trial and Retribution (2000) as a judge and barrister, respectively; and later in the BBC's Waking The Dead (episode "Special Relationship: Part 1") as lovers suspected of the murder of a government advisor. They also appeared on stage together in an acclaimed revival of Noël Coward's A Song at Twilight, along with sister-in-law Vanessa Redgrave. Her sisters are the actress Petra Markham; the poet and dramatist Jehane Markham, widow of actor Roger Lloyd-Pack; and Sonia.[citation needed] In April 2020, she appeared in an episode of the BBC soap opera Doctors as Grace Wilson.
Markham's memoir of her husband, Our Time of Day: My Life with Corin Redgrave, was published in 2014.
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Filmography
2023 | |
2020 | Life (2020) (TV Series) · as Angela |
2019 | Manhunt (2019) (TV Series) · as Joyce Sutton |
2018 | High Strung Free Dance · as Rose |
2017 | Fearless (2017) (TV Series) · as Eleanor Banville |
2015 | Break · as Phoebe |
2013 | Mr Selfridge (TV Series) · as Lois Selfridge |
2012 | Secret State (TV Series) · as Carol Molloy |
2012 | Call the Midwife (TV Series) · as Mother Jesu |
2008 | Einstein and Eddington · as Aunt Fanny |
2008 | Franklyn · as Naomi |
2008 | The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall · as Alison |
2007 | Party Animals (TV Series) |
2006 | Longford · as Governor Wing |
2006 | The Line of Beauty (TV Series) · as Mrs. Thatcher |
2004 | Dirty Filthy Love · as Geraldine |
2004 | The Fever · as Jean |
2003 | Canterbury Tales (TV Series) · as Leila King |
2003 | New Tricks (TV Series) · as Mary Griffith |
2002 | Spooks (TV Series) · as Maria Korachevsky |
2002 | Born and Bred (TV Series) · as Amanda Grimshaw |
2002 | The Forsyte Saga (2002) (TV Series) · as Mme Lamotte |
2002 | Killing Me Softly · as Mrs. Blanchard |
2001 | Messiah (TV Series) · as Emma Giardello |
2001 | The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (TV Series) · as Corrine Payne |
2000 | Esther Kahn · as Trish |
2000 | Waking the Dead (TV Series) · as Ann Hardingham |
2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Love's Sweet Song · as Sylvia Pankhurst |
2000 | Doctors (TV Series) · as Grace Wilson |
1999 | Coup · as Carol Malloy |
1999 | Wonderland · as Eileen |
1999 | Holby City (TV Series) · as Carolyn Northcotte |
1997 | Trial & Retribution (TV Series) |
1997 | Touching Evil (TV Series) · as Elizabeth Walker |
1997 | Midsomer Murders (TV Series) · as Mary Morgan |
1997 | The Woman In White · as Madame Fosco |
1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. (TV Series) · as Sheila Woodley |
1994 | Takin' Over the Asylum (TV Series) · as Dr Hollis |
1993 | |
1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Sylvia Pankhurst |
1991 | A Woman at War · as Regine Moszkiewiez |
1990 | The Chief (1990) (TV Series) · as Billie Keenan |
1989 | Agatha Christie's Poirot (TV Series) · as Countess Vera Rossakoff |
1988 | A Very British Coup (TV Series) · as Helen |
1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) · as Miss Burnet |
1985 | Theatre Night (TV Series) · as Catherine Petkoff |
1985 | The Innocent · as Mrs. Dobson |
1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Mrs. Jameson |
1984 | Sherlock Holmes (1984) (TV Series) · as Miss Burnet |
1983 | Miss A and Miss M · as Miss Aliott |
1981 | Outland · as Carol O'niel |
1981 | The Life and Times of David Lloyd George (TV Series) · as Frances Stevenson |
1980 | Blade on the Feather · as Linda Cavendish |
1980 | The Blood of Hussain · as Katherine |
1979 | Minder (TV Series) · as Dolly |
1978 | Edward and Mrs Simpson (TV Series) · as Freda Dudley Ward |
1978 | Armchair Thriller (TV Series) · as Helen |
1976 | Noroît · as Erika |
1975 | Operation Daybreak · as Curda's Wife |
1975 | The Love School (TV Series) · as Jane Morriss |
1974 | Rooms (TV Series) · as Fran |
1974 | Armchair Cinema (TV Series) · as Marnie |
1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Sion Beekvelt |
1971 | Two English Girls · as Ann Brown |
1970 | Play for Today (TV Series) · as Helen And Carol |
1970 | Futtocks End · as The Niece |
1969 | Strange Report (TV Series) · as Olenka |
1967 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Emily Tennyson |
1965 | Jackanory (TV Series) · as Storyteller |
1965 | Bunny Lake Is Missing · as Nurse |
1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Juliet |
1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Ruth Blubenbaum |
1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Frida |
1963 | Teletales (TV Series) · as Catherine |
1963 | Sergeant Cork (TV Series) · as Ann Farnham |
1963 | Love Story (1963) (TV Series) · as Brenda Davies |
1963 | Narcas (TV Series) · as Helen Burns |
1961 | Drama 61-67 (TV Series) · as Vicky |
1957 | Emergency-Ward 10 (TV Series) · as Susan Murray |
1956 | Armchair Theatre (TV Series) · as Scots Girl |
1955 | ITV Play of the Week (TV Series) · as Beatrice |
1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast |